Everyone's ready to put this heavy year behind us. But even amid all the devastation, there were – and always will be – beams of life and light. So let's both honor the local superlatives duly and close the book on 2016 in one grand stroke.

THE 2016 UNDIES

Best intersection: Counterweight (Dec. 15). Time Waste Management and TMD joined forces to launch an audiovisual series highlighting atmospheric music and visual art in alternative venues. The debut wove experiments by credentialed musicians (from Fortune Howl and Ad Nauseum), custom visuals (Kate Shults) and a hallowed church space into an evocative union of concept and setting.